St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-28
SOME CORiCaL ..AMES.
:secoi1ectiOns Of 0uee. Thin - Discovcrst
In English parisia .:e yi<.cr,.

'secoiiections Of Caer: Things Di.c"vcrsa
In English Parish Registers.
1.-The peculiar nomenclature and
phraseolOgy which characterized the
New Englander Of century ago. and
which still distinguish him from all the
other inhabitants If the Unitei States
said a prominent citizen of st. Louis
who was born and reared within the
sacred precincts Of Boston, .are moi
native to the soil, but came over in the
Mayflower along with the strange Gus
toms and stern religious principles Of
the Puritans. A Boston preacher is
sued book some time last fall giving
the result of his researc hes into the old
chronicles and church records of towns
like Old Boston. Banbury and other
Puritan strongholds during q summers
sojourn i'm England. and he found that
nearly all the phrases. expressions and
names peculiar to New England were
in common use there three hundred
years ago. And l have myself found
in studying English nomenclature.
which. by the way. is hobby Of mi ne.
that many of the names, family and bap-
tismal. Of to-day are but contractions
of the extravagant titles given by the
earlier Puritans. It is true we do not call
our children Zeal-of-thc-Land Jones'
or 'Search-the-Scriptures Thompson, but
we have plenty Of such baptismal names
as Grace, Patience. Constance, Faith,
Hope, Beulah. Justice or Mercy. In
surnames Farwell is derived from
the old Puritan Christian name Fare
Well; Hopewell. now a surname. was
once Hope-Well. Tiffany comes from
Epiphany. Truhart from True-Heart.
and so on. The names peculiar to the
Puritans. such as scriptural phrases.
pious ejaculations or godly admonitions,
began to prevail in England south of
the Trent, and particularly in and
around Banbury. about the time of
Queen Elizabeth's reign. 1t was not
the mere result of cranky notions, but
the practice was instituted with = de-
liberate purpose. the intention being to
separate. rs far as possible, the Puri-
tans from the goddess and make them
distinctive in name IS well as in habits
aud religious belief. Scripture names
they would gladly s,ve taken. but the
publication Of the Geneva Bible had
long before flooded the country with
Hebrew names. and 80. instead Of Ne
hemiah or zerubbsbel. they took Good
Work and Hate-Evil. For upward Of
century they gave NO other names to
their children, and the combina-
tons were sometimes very conf
cal. For instance. .Praise-(iod Bare
bone, the head of Cromwells Par
lament, is said to have had three
brothers named Fear-GOd Barebone.
Jesus Christ Came -IntO-the-W -World-to-
Save Barebone. and I-Christ- t-Had-Not
Died for Thee Thou Hadst- Been
Damned Barebone. Fancy sitting down
% dinner with . brother with such
name and having to say. 'H-Christ-Had-
Not Died for Thee Thou -Hadst- Been
please pass the butter This
gentleman, however. was never called
~ his full name. but was familiarly
,alled DIR. Damned Barebone. Such
tiles as Fght-the-(iOod-Fight-o Faith.
aelp-on-High. Learn-Wisdom. What
iod-Win and Zeal-for-God were COM
non. The virtues were especial favor
tes. Sir Thomas Carew, Speaker of
he House of Commons in James and
Charles reign. had four daughters
'atience, Temperance, Silence and Pru-
lence. The name Silence was es-
'ecially popular as . feminine title.
md it was used probably to stand as a
constant reminder of woman's great
ailing. Diligence. Obedience. Perse.
'erance, Humiliation and Repentance
we're in common use. the latter grow
ng 50 monotonous that SOrrow-for-Sin
vas sometimes used by way of change.
mother class of names were exhorta-
Ory sentences, pious CALCULATIONS. or
Professions Of sorrow for sin. such rs Re-
oice, Give Thanks, Be-Strong. Sim
)eny, Be-Steadfast or Do-GOod. A man
famed Skyes is said to have had four
ons named Love-Well. Do-Well. Die
Veil and Farewell. Strange to say.
'are-Well Skyes was drowned. and
.ive-Well. Do-Well and Die-Well were
he chief mourners. In an old register
Bishopsgate is an entry that reads
omething like this: Sept. l. 16ll.-
ob-Rakt-O -Out-of-the-Ashes, being borne
he last Of August in the lane going to
ir John Spencer's back gate. and there
side in a heape of asshes. was baptized
he 1st day Of September following. and
yed the next day after II he had
we'd he would probably have been
allied Ashes Tor short. The name
"A ncell- Dallphebo- Marke-Antony-D -Dal-
Cesar, which appears in
he parish register at Old Sevenfori. is
hit at Puritan eccentricity.
Sussex jury of about the time of the
contained the following
ames: Accepted Trevor, Redeemed
ompton. Faint-Not Hewet, Make-Peace
eaton. God Reward Smart, Stand-Fast-
n-High Stringer, Earth Adams, Called
over. Kill-Sin Pimple, Return Spell
IAN, Be-Faithful Joiner. Fly-Dcbate
'oberts. Fight-the- -GoOd-Fight-of-Fai
White, More-Fruit Fowler, Hope-For
inding, Graceful Harding. Weep-Not
elling and Meek Brewer. ."-St. Louis
epMblican.
-''Bnt, your Honor" said the pris-
ner, Il am not guilty of this crime.